On Inauguration Day: A general strike

We should make a statement that the day Bush is sworn in again will not be business as usual.

We should organize a one-day general strike. Take the day off from work. Don't buy anything. Don't conduct any business.

Consider it a fast for the soul of America.

You are not a majority.

No one would even notice your strike.

Have to wash my hair.

I hope you remembered to vote.

Canuck

And if you had enough people for a strike to matter, you would have won the election.

Stop wasting your time on outdated silliness, and do something useful

Some of us are willing to do whatever it takes to make an impact -- even if it means participating in a seemingly worthless strike. Four more years of Bush may mean nothing to you comfortably over in Canada, but you will feel his wrath eventually, whether it be through PNAC or their party.

because you are getting nowhere with the 1930s crap.

For gawds sake, look at your calendar, and upgrade accordingly.

And no, Canada isn't in the least worried about your paper tiger.

I find it works well.


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Ostrichs all.

You have Gordon Campbell and Paul Martin. Fix your own, let us fix ours. We know votes aren't doing it.

Your election just showed you that.

Hogwash.

Not Democrat. Not ever again the way you're going.

You were just disenfranchised, and all you can think of to do is pull some 1930's 'general strike' of 3 people crap.

It'll be on page 300 of your newspaper.

Personal attacks and flame bait not allowed. We know our elections are a sham. You are going to find out about yours soon.

6000 posts or so.

Haven't attacked anyone either.

Our elections are fine.

You are the ones complaining about yours.

Your Attacks on DUers are for naught. Calling us ostriches. Stay home.

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Yours isn't your's either. It's your rich's. You'll find that out when your health system goes to pot.

Black isn't Canadian, and Harper is a local loon.

Nothing like your PRESIDENT Bush who just handed you your asses.

Our health system is just fine. I'm covered, are you?

Wait until your privatization scheme kicks in. Your loon still leads a party and Black still lives there.

We aren't privatizing our health system, and Black lives in England where he is a citizen.

Going by stealth but still going there. Have fun.

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did I leave?

Must be someone particularly obnoxious. I don't envy you.

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I think we've heard just about enough from you Maple. Do us all a favor: Drop dead.

Bummer.

The air in this thread is so much clearer for me than I imagine it is for others, based on posts like yours, for example.

:)

General strikes kinda get in the way of her corpo-fascist dream. They are posts of fear.

Go to Fighting and Acrimony if you want to be like that.

I'm in. Start spreading the word right now.

if for no other reason than as a measure of solidarity with the fifty million that voted with me for change. Not to accomplish any grand goal. Just to say-- we're still here, we're not giving up, you may have won this battle but the war is not over.

Blue flu day, and take to the streets.

I'm in, but I'll still keep my doors open to suck up more Republican money.


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Spread it out and it'll happen.

We'll make a cake with Shrub's limo.

I really want to see the ANTI WAR protest. Abortion rights protests. Gay rights protests. EVERYthing

the streets of NYC during the Republican convention. The Repugs want us to fall in line and accept the fact that Bush is the President. BULLSHIT. Not gonna happen. And nothing would say that better than a resounding protest on his inauguration.

From Indiana for it, I'll be there.

I'll bring my Abu Ghrab garb.

and we can get it broadcast over AAR, this thing might just take off.

and I'm not even sure if I'm going to have a job that day (student, heh).

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everyone here fought. Mocking us today is in poor taste and I don't particularly appreciate it. No one is saying that that is all they will do. It is an easy token. Something small to show our disdain. So spare us.

On edit: Count me in if just to spite Maple.

Go fuck yourself.

This election was stolen, and until you have a better idea rather than to just randomly attack whoever happens to support the idea, find something else to do.

a matter of minutes. do the math.

Or can you not count?

I wouldn't be so high and mighty Miss Maple! I know all about your FREE health care...it reminds me of the Bush "Clean Air Act". Sure it's free...but then you pay 15% sales tax on top of very high prices. At least I can still buy a gallon of milk for under $3.00. The last time I was in Canada it cost over 6 loonies...which is also what most people working their asses off make per hour! Then there's the excessive regulation and endless unnecessary fees...I could go on and on...but I don't have to tell you...do I? I understand your anger at us. Sadly, Bush is not just our problem, he's your problem too and the whole world's problem and you didn't even get a vote. But it's now our fault here at DU. You want to kick some American butt...then go over to free republic!

I apologize to all other Canadians on this board. I love Canada, in fact I own a house there. I just don't appreciate someone kicking us while we're down. Canadians are wonderful people...but you've got a few a$$holes too!

A symbolic resistance could lift my spirits quite a bit. Of course, I'm assuming that the Constitution will still protect my right to dissent...

Greetings from Europe!

You have been forsaken by your governement and the Democratic party, you need to forsake the Fool's Dream and face the truth that resistance is up to each of you, nobody is going to do it for you, your party least of all. Once you realize that you need to start from scratch and rebuild your society from bottom up, it is empowering experience!

Making the Inauguration day the day of resistance is a good start. Just don't call it general strike, because it will not be that. Make it a carneval day, day of civilian resistance, day of freedom from all kind of oppression, religious, corporate etc.

Activate, spread the word, start a website, involve Kos and other bloggers, Indymedia, etc., make it movement, see what happens, have fun!

You should know that the world noticed.

The American media may have tried to block it out. But I looked at a couple of foreign papers at the time and they definitely noticed.

So if any of you felt your protesting made no difference, please don't feel that way. It absolutely did. I wish I could have been there.

And it is even more crucial now for the world to understand that SO many of us didn't want this.

So I think a protest would absolutely make a difference. Even just for that reason alone; but there are many other reasons.

-wildflower

that we make Jan. 20th NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING with memorials all across the land to both, celebrate the constitution and mourn our diminishing democracy at the hands of the bush goons.

I think we can get enough people to strike to make an impact

The first step is to spread this around in the blogosphere.

since I'm a real estate broker. A day of general strike won't have any impact from my end (won't be noticed), but those of you that work in a field that will matter and get noticed get my support.

I thought I was really pissed after what they did to Al Gore, but I was wrong! NOW I'M REALLY PISSED!

make a difference.

They need to be called on this MANDATE bullshit. A general strike sounds right to me. I'm in.

we might even see if the palace guard will fire a few volleys oer our heads for exultation.